[GERMANY] It was a wild weekend in the Bundesliga. Not only were there goals aplenty, but champion Bayern Munich was hammered 5-2 on its own turf by longtime rival Werder Bremen.
Monthly Archives: September 2008
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Fergie rues missed opportunity for big United win
[ENGLAND] This weekend’s big game in the English Premier League ended, predictably enough, in a stalemate. But Manchester United’s visit to Chelsea was never less than absorbing.
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What They’re Saying
“It appears an error has been made and it will be reviewed by us. Nobody likes making errors and if it is a serious error, which we have got to review, then obviously he’ll regret it. … From his position and angle it appeared the ball had crossed the line for a goal. He has made a human error.”
— Paul Rejer, England’s assistant referees’ manager for Professional Game Match Officials, on the farcical incident on Saturday when linesman Nigel Bannister ruled a goal for Reading on a ball that was cleared at least two yards wide of the goal. (AFP)
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Three Changes Soccer Needs
LONDON — Here are three things that I have been banging on about for decades now, three straightforward things that could quickly and easily be introduced into soccer. By a freakish coincidence, examples of all three have featured prominently during the past week.
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Soaring Prices At QPR
English second-tier club Queens Park Rangers, recently taken over by a consortium of wealthy businessmen, has shocked fans by increasing ticket prices to as high as $91 for games against teams like last year’s Premier League failures Derby County.
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Australia’s World Cup Boost
Australia’s chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup have been given a boost by the appointment of Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy to the World Cup Organizing Committee. The committee will decide where the 2018 event is held. Not that anyone’s suggesting Mr. Lowy will be anything but objective.
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We’ve Enough Hotel Rooms, South Africa Says
The South African tourist industry has refuted claims by FIFA President Sepp Blatter that the country has insufficient tourist accommodation for the 2010 World Cup.
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Arsenal’s Profit And Debt Both Up
EPL side Arsenal announced a rise in profits last season to $64.4 million, but also a 12 percent rise in its debt level to $580 million. The club also confirmed the appointment of Denver Nuggets and Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke as a non-executive director.
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Ronaldo Ready To Play Again By Year’s End
Brazilian striker and three-time World Player of the Year Ronaldo, 31, will be ready to play again by the end of this year, he told the French sports daily. He is recovering from a ruptured knee ligament suffered in February. Ronaldo has been linked with English Premier League side Manchester City, but the club […]
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Toronto Looking South For Next Year’s Talent
Toronto FC’s GM Mo Johnston recently went to South America and liked what he saw, and is planning to sign some fresh young talent from the continent to bolster the side’s roster for next season. What, no more aging Brits? “I’m not looking at guys who are 33 or 34,” Johnston said, no doubt […]
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DSG Park No Fortress For The Rapids
The Colorado Rapids’ home record has deteriorated since it moved to its soccer specific stadium in Commerce City from Invesco Field at Mile High two seasons ago. Whisper it quietly so you’re not heard above the murmur of the home fans, but it might be down to a lack of atmosphere. The Rapids’ English […]
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MLS Looms Over Seattle’s Season
As the Seattle Sounders shape up to play their final regular season game in the United Soccer Leagues this weekend, its players have one eye on the move to Major League Soccer in 2009, reports Matt Massey. And they can’t help but notice that so far only two of their players — Sebastien Le Toux […]
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Crew Shows How To Start The Second Half
There’s an old soccer cliché that there’s no worse time to concede a goal than just before half-time. RB New York coach Juan Carlos Osorio would beg to differ. Conceding a goal just after halftime is much worse, just as his side did 19 seconds after the interval to go 2-1 down to the Columbus […]
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Soccer on TV
>Weekend action starts Friday with USL and men’s college games on Fox Soccer Channel. There are four MLS games on Saturday — including a Los Angeles-D.C. United clash — and one on Sunday. European league action includes the EPL’s Chelsea-Man U clash.
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Ottawa? Not for my money
Pardon me if I can’t get excited over Ottawa’s bid to join MLS. And it’s nothing against Canada, for if I had the power and all the pieces fell into place, I’d go with Vancouver along with Portland in the next round.
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Women’s Top 25
Notre Dame will put its No. 1 ranking on the line this weekend when it travels to DePaul and Penn State. No. 4 Portland hosts surging Florida, while Virginia plays West Virginia in another battle of Top 25 teams. For this week’s Soccer America Women’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Upset that was not an upset
James Madison beat No. 16 Penn State 1-0 before a school-record crowd of 1,829 fans — more than double the previous high — and a national television audience Thursday evening at the JMU Soccer Complex. ALSO: N.C. State, the only unbeaten and untied ACC team, makes a comeback … West Virginia freshman Erica Henderson stole the show in the Mountaineers’ Big East opener.
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SCOREBOARD: Soccer America Men’s Top 25
[WEEKEND UPDATE] No. 2 SMU suffered its first loss of the season when it fell to Northern Illinois, 1-0. In Top 25 matchups, Maryland beat Duke, 1-0, Boston College defeated North Carolina, 4-1, thanks to Alejandro Bedoya‘s hat trick, and Cal prevailed over Drake, 2-0, to hand the Bulldogs’ their first loss. For this week’s Soccer America Men’s Top 25 results and schedules …
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CONFERENCE WATCH: WCC teams slump
The West Coast Conference includes two former national champions — San Francisco (1966, 1975, 1976, 1980) and Santa Clara (co-champion in 1989) — and two other teams that have played in the final four — San Diego and Portland — but this season has been a non-starter for WCC teams. Entering the weekend, no WCC team has a winning record. For a look at the WCC seven …
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MORNING BRIEFING: Howard plummets
Howard, one of the great names in college soccer, is a program in big trouble. Its head coach was replaced after being arrested earlier in the year in a youth sex sting. And it is off to an 0-6-1 start with losses as bad as 9-1 and 8-0. ALSO: UC Santa Barbara-Evansville goalfest.
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What They’re Saying
“I know that everyone who shoots up fast, must also come down with a hard bang. I am only 19 years old and no exception to that rule.”
— American defender Neven Subotic keeps things in perspective after scoring three crucial goals – including two gamewinners – in Borussia Dortmund’s first four games of the Bundesliga season. Subotic, who played for the USA at the 2005 U-17 World Cup, was born in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina and immigrated to Germany when he was 2. He moved to the USA in 1999. The German soccer federation hopes to prove him eligible to play for its national team. (AFP)
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MLS TV Schedule
Two teams aiming to enter the playoff zone — Toronto FC and Kansas City Wizards – clash on Saturday when Wizard Davy Arnaud aims to score in his fourth straight game. … Houston-San Jose has been canceled because of Hurricane Ike. … Chivas USA hopes to break Real Salt Lake‘s season-long home unbeaten streak. … Colorado, at the bottom end of the playoff race, hosts New England, which is second in the overall standings. … Coach Bruce Arena, whose most glorious MLS days came with D.C. United, looks for his first win at the Galaxy helm when it hosts his former club. … On Sunday, Chicago, winless in its last five games (0-4-1), hosts FC Dallas.
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The battle of the Bridge
[ENGLAND] Chelsea and Manchester United United meet Sunday in London at Stamford Bridge in a rematch of the 2008 UEFA Champions League final (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 9 am ET). United, the EPL and Champions League winner, is off to a slow start in part. It will need a result on Sunday to keep the Blues within its sights. Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the two teams …
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Red Bulls’ message: ‘We’re not ready’
The New York Red Bulls could have made a statement playing the league’s best team lacking the league leader in assists; unfortunately, the message that came across was, “We’re not ready.” New York took a slap in the face Thursday night, losing, 3-1 to the Crew in Columbus. Sigi Schmid‘s boys got yet another jolt of confidence as they steadily rectifies missing the playoffs the past three seasons.
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UEFA Cup Results
Loser of its first two games in Serie A, AC Milan earned its first win of the 2008-09 season with a 3-1 win over FC Zurich in the first leg of the first round of the UEFA Cup. For all of Thursday’s UEFA Cup results and goal scorers …